They calculate it differently now than in 1982. By the standards of 40 years ago the current number is between 14.7% and 16%
Biden just released the Democrats playbook for the midterms. Although gas, heating oil, and electricity is up 30% from last year he has reset the clock back to Jan 2021 and will blame Russia for the "upcoming" energy price increases but calculate his own failures in the numbers. Boy wait'll the good ol American left suddenly cringe over 50% (!) YOY energy cost increases because of Trump, errrr, Putin
Yes we promised that NATO would not intrude further into Russian real estate and, sure, we were responsible for the coup in Eastern Ukraine and making them our lifelong debtors but....c'mon man, the Russians are to blame for our inflation. That's just science
So everything is back to normal. The psycho Marxists will not be held accountable by MSM for the ridiculous (and planned) inflation and the big bad Russians are our mortal enemy.
CNN appreciates this as they can't get 150k viewers below the age of 55 to watch a program without having Trump as their villain. Putin is the new Trump